*POST UPDATED OCTOBER 2026
Sweet friends, hello! I hope this post finds you happy and healthy, hopefully with a hot coffee nearby. I’ve been a little out of whack lately, but finally I managed to muster up some energy & finish off this post. It has taken me far too long to share it, but here it is: A Long Weekend in Luxembourg! After stumbling across flights to Luxembourg for an absolute steal of just €8, Boyfriend & I found ourselves booking a little impromptu weekend away. Neither of us had visited before, we didn’t know anyone who had, and we knew very little about the country in general. Spoiler alert: it was amazing.
This was probably the most hastily organized trip I’ve ever been on. When we saw the flights were so cheap – like, literally almost by accident, we weren’t looking to go away again so soon after our Bordeaux/Saint-Émilion trip – we decided to casually check hotel deals. And then when we came across a hotel with rooms for less than €40 a night, everything just fell into place. Cheap flights, cheap hotel, very little Covid-19 restrictions, a short flight, and a new country. And so, within a couple hours of seeing the flights, we booked the trip! It was impulsive and wonderful, and the speed at which everything came together has given the whole experience a rather dream-like quality in my memory.
Listed below is every little thing I know about Luxembourg – which is actually a lot more than I thought I knew! Sections include: before you visit / getting there / where to stay / where to get coffee / where to eat / where to drink / what to see + do. I hope you find it helpful and enjoyable!
before you visit
Just a few quick things to keep in mind before you set off for your own weekend in Luxembourg!
at the time of our visit in January 2022, there were still some Covid-19 regulations in place.Covid-certs/negative PCR results were needed in order to board our plane out of Dublin, and certs were rigorously checked at every single restaurant/bar/attraction. Having a 3rd vaccine dose is also a must when visiting Luxembourg, because those without it are required to do an antigen test before being served anywhere. Thankfully we got our boosters less than a month before flying to LUX, but be sure to checkthe latest regulationsbefore travelling.
*2025 UPDATE: this point is largely irrelevant now, but I’m leaving it here for posterity!there are 3 official languages of Luxembourg: Luxembourgish, German, and French. We mostly heard people speaking French, but often heard people slip casually from one language to another with envy-inducing ease. It was so fascinating! Most people also speak English, so we had no problems during our trip.
Luxembourg is the first country in the world to offer entirely free public transport! Buses, trains, trams: all 100% totally free! This was a huge selling point for me and it was so wonderful! To top it off, the public transport is efficient and runs exactly on time – down to the minute! When you’re coming from a city like Dublin – where the public transport is entirely unreliable – this is an actual dream. That said, you might not need to take public transport at all during your stay – it’s extremely easy to walk most places!
during our time in Luxembourg, we felt so ridiculously safe. We saw no anti-social behaviour, no intimidating groups of youths, nothing dodgy at all! The only area of the city where we felt slightly uneasy in terms of pickpocketing etc. was at the train station – but is there a train station in Europe that doesn’t feel a little sketchy? I think not.
getting there
Here are the steps we took getting from Dublin airport to Luxembourg city centre:
we flew direct from Dublin airport to Luxembourg airport with Ryanair. The flight was super short – only 1-hour and 20-minutes each way. Lovely and quick, with some beautiful views en route. Arriving into and getting through Luxembourg airport was also lovely and quick, as passport control was very efficient.
from Luxembourg airport we took the #16 bus into the centre of town, Hamilius. The journey lasted about 25-minutes, and was relatively easy; a screen inside the bus showed a map with the names of each stop clearly marked. This bus departs from the airport every 15-20 minutes and, along with being entirely free, it’s conveniently located just outside the terminal exit. There are also taxis and the like into the city centre, but how you could justify that when the public transport is both reliable and free is beyond me!